Posted on 12/19/2015 4:40:42 AM PST by Jim Noble
So much for the establishment's efforts to stop Donald Trump. So far, nothing's working - not a thousand earnest think pieces or Jeb Bush's gripes in the latest debate. Not the wrath of news anchors and late-night hosts, who still can't resist booking Trump on their shows, but have started to get ornery during the interviews.
So maybe it's worth looking back to 1991 Louisiana, when establishment Republicans and Democrats banded together to defeat a popular, populist, problematic gubernatorial candidate named David Duke...
I spoke this week to some veterans of the anti-Duke battle, who told me they've been talking up this very idea, while noting that the parallels aren't exact. As hard as it is to divine Donald Trump's motivations - as much as his Bulworth act can sound like bigotry, and possibly is ...
Would a little more digging into Trump's past, plus a loud dose of Louisiana-style dark humor, accomplish what all of the hand-wringing hasn't?
Joanna Weiss can be reached at weiss@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @JoannaWeiss.
David Duke? I thought by referencing the “Louisiana option” the article would be referring to Huey Long. That’s the only “option” we should be concerned about. The uniparty won’t give up power easily or gracefully.
Have a Merry Christmas anyway! :)
Yes, I agree.
It’s truly interesting how Trumpophiles seem to always use the tried and true Dim strategy of attacking the messenger rather than the message.
Could it be that the message is accurate therefor they have no other choice?
They can’t stand on Trumps record because it’s so obviously un-conservative. They must rely on amplified boorish rhetoric and the tearing down of their opponents record.
Glenn Beck is comparing Trump to Hitler.
I intend to, TY.
I have no further use for the Republican Party
You don’t have to dig very deep...
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One may not have to dig at all once the primaries are settled. If it comes down
to Trump v Clinton I’m hoping the country isn’t ready for another Clinton Presidency.
Your position may be different as is your right.
Joanna missed the Stump for Trump ladies and Trump`s backing by black pastors.
Talk about writing for your friends in the echo chamber.
The David Duke analogy is absurd.... I quit reading at that point.
Anti-Trump ignorant idiots are very desperate, if they are now Edwin Edwards fans. Edwards said he could get away with anything except being caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.
You should have no doubt that plenty of dirt is being held back on Trump, until after the nominations.
Today's polls show Hillary beats Trump pretty handily, so naturally he's the one Dems would chose.
Especially if they have truck-loads of dirt they can dump on him, when the time is right.
Sure, Trump has held up pretty good so far, but the media wants a Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs contest (May 1973), and when the time is right, they will certainly turn on Trump, all guns ablazin'.
Donald Trump is our Winston Churchill.
Stay home on election day and let Hillary win by default or what?
It is easy to become content with the status quo but I think you have become an asset to liberalism.
It's easy to become nit-picky and be above it all ....that's how the Democrats ended up the way they are.
Agreed. I have asked til I am blue in the face to name something he has done that shows he has a sincerely conservative held belief...and all I ever get is attacked.
I did finally have one trumpster say that she conceded his past was worrisome but she trusted him now to do what he says he will. I vehemently disagree, but I can at least respect the intellectual honesty there.
Zup mk? hope you’re doing well......BUT....methinks you’re missing something on universal single payor here.....
Yeah, he doesn't.
So what?
Yes and the great Ronaldus Maximus was once a Democrat. People can change. I am still not 100% committed to any candidate, but attacks on any candidate (except SWMNBN, who deserves MORE attacks) is not productive.
We need to remember Reagan’s 11th Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”
Excellent idea for a Trump campaign add....Vote for Trump! He may be a schmuck, but he’s better than the GOP! Lol.
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